[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 130 (Monday, July 26, 2021)]
[House]
[Page H3889]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 200 DAYS OF DELIVERING FOR THE PEOPLE

  (Mr. AUCHINCLOSS asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. AUCHINCLOSS. Madam Speaker, last week, we celebrated the 200th 
day of the 117th Congress and 200 days of getting shots in arms, 
students in classrooms, money in pockets, and Americans back to work.
  Thanks to House Democrats and President Biden, we passed the American 
Rescue Plan, delivering funding and relief to the Commonwealth and to 
Americans across the country.
  In Massachusetts, nearly 74 percent of adults are fully vaccinated, 
allowing them to reunite with friends and loved ones, and we have sent 
over 500,000 stimulus checks to Bay Staters.
  When I came to Congress, I promised our students and families that 
they would return to in-person learning. The American Rescue Plan 
delivered on my pledge, providing Massachusetts schools with $1.8 
billion in Federal relief to support their students and staff as they 
re-entered the classroom.
  We lifted up our care economy, securing over $1 billion to reduce the 
cost of childcare and pay our care workers a fair wage.
  As a parent, I worked hard to provide our working families with the 
historic tax relief that they deserve. The child tax credit we passed 
will cut child poverty in half and help nearly 60 percent of children 
in my district, from Brookline to Fall River.
  We passed the INVEST Act, a transformational bill that will reimagine 
transportation while delivering clean energy and spurring job creation. 
Now, the Senate has the legislative framework it needs to make our 
infrastructure plan a reality.
  From the depths of the crisis, House Democrats delivered needed 
recovery for Americans in just 200 days.

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